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Mixed networks confuse, infuriate, and often ruin the days and haunt the nights of network administrators everywhere. If you’ve been tasked with building or administering a mixed network, you know what it takes to get computers running competing operating systems—such as Windows, Mac and Linux, for instance—working together. It requires expert advice, up-to-the-minute technical information and tested-in-the-trenches solutions.

A survival guide for anyone called upon to build or manage a mixed network, Network and System Integration For Dummies gives you all that and more. With this ready reference in your corner, you’ll have the confidence and know-how needed to:

Design and set up a mixed network in less time and with fewer headaches

Understand and master the differences between dueling platforms

Get your machines communicating like old chums

Anticipate problems before they happen

Troub leshoot your system

Administer your network from any location

Be prepared with proven solutions to most mixed network challenges

Network and System Integration For Dummies gives you easy-to-understand answers to all your questions about resource sharing, connectivity protocols, and other critical issues, including:

How competing operating systems work

Adding a new NOS to an old network

Testing network connectivity

Networking concepts that all machines can handle

Sharing files and printers across platforms

Using Message Transfer Agents to deliver email

Setting up printers, external drives and other networked devices

Centralizing control with Auditing Server Resources

Managing users on a mixed network

Securing a mixed network

And just to make your job that much easier, this book comes with a bonus CD-ROM featuring:

Diskcheck—a drive space monitoring utility

Tripwire 2.0 for Linux—a security program

NWQuota—a NetWare utility form managing the size of home directories

Offering proven solutions to most mixed network headaches, this book is a lifeline for network administrators at the frontlines of the battle for network and system integration.